Computer Science Fundamentals
Operating Systems
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Mar 12, 2013
What are special UNIX features that are used to handling data support in UNIX system?
Detailed Explanation
The standardized handling of data supports, there are two important features of UNIX utilities: I/O redirection and piping.
With output redirection, the output of a command is redirected to a file rather than to the terminal screen.
With input redirection, the input to a command is given via a file rather than the keyboard.
With piping, the output of a command can be used as input (piped) to a subsequent command.
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